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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991

Filed:

Sep. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502 66 ; 502 71 ; 502 74 ; 502 77 ;
Abstract

A catalyst composition consisting essentially of (a) a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica/alumina mole ratio of at least 10 (component A) in which at least 50% of its cationic sites are occupied by alkaline earth metal cations, (b) a refractory inorganic oxide having platinum and tin supported thereon (component B) and (c) indium (component C), the indium being supported on the zeolite in component A and/or the refractory inorganic oxide in component (B). A process for decomposing non-aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of the catalyst composition, and a process for isomerizing C.sub.8 -aromatic hydrocarbon, particularly xylenes, in the presence of the catalyst composition.


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